Tagwai Sambo (24 December 1936 – 14 June 2024) was the monarch of Asholyio ( Moroa) Chiefdom with headquarters at

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, a

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in southern

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, Nigeria. He is also known by the title "''Chief of Moro'a (Asholyio)''".

Life

Sambo was born in Tsok (Manchok), Northern Region,

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(now Manchok, southern

, Nigeria) on 24 December 1936. Sambo died on 14 June 2024, at the age of 87.

Kingship

Sambo was appointed Chief of Moroa and Member of the Jema’a

Native Authority Since 1933, various traditional chiefs in Nyasaland have been designated as Native Authorities, initially by the colonial administration, and they numbered 105 in 1949. They represented a form of the indirect rule which had become popular in British ...

and also became a member, Northern House of Chiefs (later known as Kaduna State Council of Chiefs) in 1966. On the crises in the

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area, HRH Sambo in December 2016 said he hoped the

governor would make a speech about the events if call for calm and dialogue in anticipation for peace. Sambo became the founding chancellor of the

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(KASU) when it was established and remained so from 1 January 2005 until 11 March 2020 when the state governor, Nasir Elrufai, appointed the deposed Emir of Kano,

Muhammadu Sanusi II Muhammadu Sanusi II, (Ajami script, Ajami: محمد السنوسي, ''Muhammadu Sanusi na biyu'' ; born 31 July 1961), known by the religious title Khalifa Sanusi II (Ajami script, Ajami: خليفة السنوسي), is the spiritual leader (''k ...

, to replace him as the school's Chancellor just a week after his banishment from

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References

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